According to your symptoms (“bladder
feels constantly full”), cystoscopy
report and data about repeating
prostatitis, you could be experiencing
chronic prostate inflammation (prostatitis
chronica).
BASIC RULES for treating the chronic
prostatitis are: to inform the patient
better, to avoid unnecessary antibiotics
and if the condition often repeats itself,
to do fractional microbiological
examination of the urine.
Symptoms of chronic prostatitis are
similar to those in acute prostatitis but
weaker and chronic:
1. Uften urination;
2. Painful urination;
3. Burning sensations in the lower
abdomen, scrotum, perineum, penis’s
head and inner sides of the legs;
4. Feeling of incomplete bladder
emptying;
5. Feeling of pressure in the perineum and
anal opening;
6. Disturbed seating;
7. Painful ejaculation and bloody sperm,
and
8. Decreased libido with erectile
dysfunction.
Treatment of chronic prostatitis
includes:
1. Warm clothes;
2. Warm bath;
3. Medications: Painkillers (non-opiate),
alpha-blockers, 5-alpha-reductasa
inhibitors;
4. Prostate massage can help in some
cases;
5. Doctor should convince the patient that
the condition is harmless in order to
prevent depression;
6. Antibiotics are indicated only if
bacterial infection is proved. Fluoried
chinolones (ciprofloxacin , norflohacin)
or combination trimetoprim+sulfonamide are
usually used. Antibiotic therapy lasts 1-2
months. If antibiotics do not help they
should be aborted.
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